Simultaneously: Studio Visits
2020 has been turned into an extraordinary year by the pandemic. Our institution seems to be able to continue the series Fresh featuring 鈥瀘ne artist 鈥� one hall 鈥� one curator鈥� (or at least we hope this will remain the case). This type of exhibition is based on the studio 鈥� exhibition space analogy formed by the Kunsthalle鈥檚 ensemble of rooms reminiscent of sun-lit ateliers. Exhibitions like Fresh mostly provide snapshots of the oeuvres of artists in the middle of their careers, who in the best-case scenario work in their own studios. Hence, their joint presentation in the Kunsthalle in adjacent spaces somewhat alleviates their loneliness, while opening up the chance for dialogue. Together these one-room shows, each featuring a different genre and artistic approach, let us see a small cross-section every year.
The adjacent exhibitions create an additional experience to both the artists and the public, inadvertently inspiring connections and comparisons between the different interpretations. Indeed, this is an express intention of the Kunsthalle. Laymen and professionals can equally discover artists at the Fresh shows who were outside their scope of interest before. In an ideal situation, this layout can even generate the much-desired openness of art appreciation, while visitors and artists are also given the chance to explore various artistic approaches and conceptions. This kind of communication is never verbal in nature but primarily constitutes and requires visual intellectual effort. Even when the auras of the works in one exhibition hall are opened up, the interrelations and interference of energies as well as the synergies between works arranged according to the curator鈥檚 concept can be perceived. It might seem mysterious at first to encounter something beyond the autonomous intellectual-sensory experience generally allowed by the pyramidal vision of a work of art but the M疟csarnok鈥檚 exhibition invites viewers to do just that: to interpret these works by metaphorically crossing through walls.
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2020 has been turned into an extraordinary year by the pandemic. Our institution seems to be able to continue the series Fresh featuring 鈥瀘ne artist 鈥� one hall 鈥� one curator鈥� (or at least we hope this will remain the case). This type of exhibition is based on the studio 鈥� exhibition space analogy formed by the Kunsthalle鈥檚 ensemble of rooms reminiscent of sun-lit ateliers. Exhibitions like Fresh mostly provide snapshots of the oeuvres of artists in the middle of their careers, who in the best-case scenario work in their own studios. Hence, their joint presentation in the Kunsthalle in adjacent spaces somewhat alleviates their loneliness, while opening up the chance for dialogue. Together these one-room shows, each featuring a different genre and artistic approach, let us see a small cross-section every year.
The adjacent exhibitions create an additional experience to both the artists and the public, inadvertently inspiring connections and comparisons between the different interpretations. Indeed, this is an express intention of the Kunsthalle. Laymen and professionals can equally discover artists at the Fresh shows who were outside their scope of interest before. In an ideal situation, this layout can even generate the much-desired openness of art appreciation, while visitors and artists are also given the chance to explore various artistic approaches and conceptions. This kind of communication is never verbal in nature but primarily constitutes and requires visual intellectual effort. Even when the auras of the works in one exhibition hall are opened up, the interrelations and interference of energies as well as the synergies between works arranged according to the curator鈥檚 concept can be perceived. It might seem mysterious at first to encounter something beyond the autonomous intellectual-sensory experience generally allowed by the pyramidal vision of a work of art but the M疟csarnok鈥檚 exhibition invites viewers to do just that: to interpret these works by metaphorically crossing through walls.
